Non-refillable bottle.



Patented July 9, 1912.

M. HORNSTEIN. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 4, 1912. 1,032,2 1 3.

. m/vErymR Morris Hornsfexn ATTORNEYS WITNESSES MORRIS HORNSTIEIN, orJnasnv CITY, NEW JERSEY.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ju1y9, 1912.

Application filed May 4, 1912. Serial No. 695,119.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, Monms HORNSTEIN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Non-Refillable Bottle, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

My invention relates to a non-refillable bottle, and an object of myinvention is to provide a simple closure for the. bottle, which closurecomprises relatively few parts so arranged and constructed that liquidmay be readily poured from the bot tlc, but any attempt to refill thebottle, will cause a floating valve to seat itself, thereby sealing thebottle.

I attain the above-outlined object by constructing the neck of thebottle in two parts and by disposing a gasket at the connection betweenthe parts, which gasket supports a float valve having a limited movementoff the seat.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which simllar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, and in which- Figure 1 is avertical sectional view taken through the upper portion of the bottleand the neck thereof, showing the valve in closing position; Fig. 2 is aview similar to Fig. 1, but showing the bottle in tilted position tounseat the valve; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View through theneck of the bottle, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and looking in thedirection of the arrow.

Described more in detail, I have shown a bottle A, the neck portion B ofwhich is constructed of two parts, one part C being integral with thebody of the bottle, and the other part D containing the valve featureshereinafter described.

Resting on a shoulder 4:, adjacent the top of the part 0 of the neck, isa gasket 5 of rubber 'or other suitable material, having a centralopening 6 therein. Adapted to rest upon the gasket 5 and in its closingposition covering the opening 6, is a spherical floating valve 7 of adiameter equal to the horizontal diameter of the part D of the neck.Formed integral with the inside of the part D, is a ledge 8 having acentral opening 9 therein, and fastened to said part D, above the ledge,is the upper plate 10 of a stop member 11, which stop member has I areduced neck 12 positioned in the openmg 9, the lower end of which stopmember 11 has a recessed pocket 13 therein adapted to receive the upperportion of the float 7 when unseated from the gasket 5. This recess 13is positioned from the gasket 5, a distance slightly greater than thevalve 7, so that said float will have but a limited movement off thegasket, as shown in Fig. 2.

Extending between thegasket 5 and the ledge 8, the inner wall of thepart D of the neck has positioned therein a series oflongitudinally-extending spaced-apart passageways 14, and, similarly,the plate 10 has a series of spaced-apart openings 15 in the pe ripherythereof adjacent the inner wall of the part D of the neck. If desired,the usual form of cork stopper 16 may be inserted in the outer end ofthe part D of the neck.

By the above-outlined construction, it will be seen that with the bottlein its normal upright position shown in Fig. 1, the float valve 7 closesthe opening 6. preventing the introduction of fluid to the bottle A, buttilting the bottle into the position shown in Fig. 2 permits thecontents of the bottle to flow through the opening 6 around the floatvalve 7, through the passageways 14, and through the tortuous passageformed by the openings 9 and 15. This arrangement of the stop member 11and ledge 8 forms a tortuous passage preventing the introduction of anyinstrument into the neck of the bottle to raise the valve 7.

The parts-C and D of the neck are fastened together in any suitablemanner, and, as shown, a ring'17 is brazed or welded to the outside ofthe parts G and D at the point where the same are joined.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A non-refillable bottle having a two-part neck port-ion, the body of thelower portion formed into a shoulder, a gasket resting on said shoulder,said gasket having a cen- 'trally-disposed opening therein, a sphericalfloat valve having a diameter equal to the diameter of the neck andadapted to close said opening, a ledge disposed above said valve, and astop member within said neck, said stop member having a reduced portionin the opening in said ledge to form therewith a tortuous passageway,the bottom of said stop member having a recess therein when 1n unseatedposition, the inner Wall of two subscribing witnesses. of said neckbetween said gasket and ledge MORRIS HORNSTEIN having. a series ofspaced-apart passage- Ways therein to permit fluid to flow aroundWitnesses: said valve. W. S. ORToN,

In testimony whereof I have signed my ,PHILIP'D. ROLLHAUS.

adapted to contain a portion of said Valve name to this specification inthe p resence Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,bly addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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